Detroit: No charges will be filed in case of 2 kids who died in van in Greektown Casino parking garage

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 3:29 PM
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  • WWJ

No criminal charges will be filed in the heartbreaking case of two children who died in a van at the Greektown Casino parking garage.

The decision was announced by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy on Wednesday, nearly a year after the tragedy in Downtown Detroit.

Darnell, age 9, and Amillah, age 2, were found unresponsive last winter while their family — which had nowhere to stay — were spending the night in a van in the parking garage attached to Hollywood Casino at Greektown.

Worthy said an extensive review — including hours of surveillance video, mechanical testing, interviews and autopsies — confirmed that the children died from accidental carbon monoxide toxicity.